The turmoil over the kansas-nebraska act led to the creation of the

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The turmoil over the kansas-nebraska act led to the creation of the

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It led to the creation of the Republican party. This was the party that was opposed to the northward expansion of slavery, and ran candidates that made this a major part of their platform. This was a follow-up to the Whig party, which had tried to run a more measured platform that was pro-slavery in the election prior and caused their extinction as mass numbers of their voters decided to sit out rather than vote.